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#4C80DA

#4c80da ≈ Tufts Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#4c80da is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 29.8% red, 50.2% green and 85.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 65.14% cyan, 41.28% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.51% black. Its hue angle is 218.03°, with 65.74% saturation and 57.65% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with openness, freedom and calm. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 5.41:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Tufts Blue (#417dc1), ΔE 3.93.

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Relative luminance0.2204

Complementary

  1. #4c80da
  2. #daa64c

Split complementary

  1. #4c80da
  2. #da5f4c
  3. #c7da4c

Analogous

  1. #4cc7da
  2. #4c80da
  3. #5f4cda

Triadic

  1. #4c80da
  2. #da4c80
  3. #80da4c

Tetradic

  1. #4c80da
  2. #a64cda
  3. #daa64c
  4. #80da4c

Square

  1. #4c80da
  2. #da4cc7
  3. #daa64c
  4. #4cda5f

Monochromatic

  1. #183a75
  2. #255ab4
  3. #4c80da
  4. #8bade7
  5. #cbdaf4

Shades

#4c80da mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4c80da
  2. #4473c4
  3. #3d66ae
  4. #355a99
  5. #2e4d83
  6. #26406d
  7. #1e3357
  8. #172641
  9. #0f1a2c
  10. #080d16
  11. #000000

Tints

#4c80da mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4c80da
  2. #5e8dde
  3. #7099e1
  4. #82a6e5
  5. #94b3e9
  6. #a6c0ed
  7. #b7ccf0
  8. #c9d9f4
  9. #dbe6f8
  10. #edf2fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4c80da mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4c80da
  2. #5180d1
  3. #5680c8
  4. #5c80bf
  5. #6180b6
  6. #6680ad
  7. #6b80a4
  8. #70809b
  9. #768092
  10. #7b8089
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.88:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.41:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #818181 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7081ac ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #5788de ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #417bd8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #0095a2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5385dc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #467dd9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #008dbb ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4c80da {
  color: #4c80da;
}
Background
.bg-4c80da {
  background-color: #4c80da;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4c80da {
  border: 2px solid #4c80da;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4c80da;
  --color-primary-rgb: 76 128 218;
  --color-primary-hsl: 218 66% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4c80da {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4c80da, #5f4cda);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4c80da {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(76 128 218 / 0.35);
}

#417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 3.93 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 4.43 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 5.70 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 5.85 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 5.95 #0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 6.19 #0073cf True Blue ΔE 6.98 #b37f25 Inverted #818181 Grayscale 

Tufts Blue
#4c80da  rgb(76, 128, 218)  hsl(218, 66%, 58%)  Tufts Blue
#daa64c  rgb(218, 166, 76)  hsl(38, 66%, 58%)  Indian Yellow
#da4c80  rgb(218, 76, 128)  hsl(338, 66%, 58%)  Blush
#80da4c  rgb(128, 218, 76)  hsl(98, 66%, 58%)  Pastel Green